Eastman and Laird muggers? [Archive] - The Technodrome Forums

Samhain

10-20-2011, 04:50 PM

So, I was watching a video today where Peter Laird said Kevin and himself drew themselves as muggers in one of the early books. He said he thinks it was the Raphael one-shot. Would anyone happen to have a scan of that particular page?

Abnormal Freak

10-20-2011, 08:09 PM

Noooope, I don't, but the two muggers definitely do look like Eastman and Laird.

Ninjinister

10-20-2011, 08:23 PM

I know TMNT 34 has them in the company of a hooker, but that wasn't drawn by either of the lads.

Jester

10-20-2011, 08:32 PM

I know TMNT 34 has them in the company of a hooker, but that wasn't drawn by either of the lads.
Kevin and Pete also show up in one of the Turtle Soup issues, where they are attacked by zombies...though it's not drawn by them either...

DrSpengler

10-20-2011, 09:29 PM

Jester

10-20-2011, 09:35 PM

Man, Pete's pretty cut...

oldmanwinters

10-20-2011, 09:47 PM

The funniest part of that is that "Eastman" and "Laird" are guests at Splinter's funeral in Volume 4.

From an in-universe perspective, the Turtles invited some random muggers/rapists to their sensei's funeral. Wacky.

Heh, I never thought of it that way before. I guess Muggers E & L "reformed" sometime between Raphael #1 and Volume 4.

Sailor_sega

10-21-2011, 07:25 AM

An in the box explanation could be that the muggers met Splinter at some point and he helped them turn their life around (Like with Danny in the first movie) So they came to pay their respects.

oldmanwinters

10-21-2011, 10:20 AM

An in the box explanation could be that the muggers met Splinter at some point and he helped them turn their life around (Like with Danny in the first movie) So they came to pay their respects.

Interesting theory. And we all know how much Splinter loved confronting random hoods in public places to inspire them to greater virtue in life (http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/bottoming-out.html). :lol:

Xav

10-21-2011, 12:46 PM

The funniest part of that is that "Eastman" and "Laird" are guests at Splinter's funeral in Volume 4.

From an in-universe perspective, the Turtles invited some random muggers/rapists to their sensei's funeral. Wacky. Really? Do you have a scan of that particular page?

Abnormal Freak

10-21-2011, 04:27 PM

Man, Pete's pretty cut...

My favorite part about the panel has always been the big-ass nipples on that woman. So gratuitous, ha ha.

Shreddhead

10-21-2011, 05:30 PM

here ya go

Xav

10-21-2011, 09:35 PM

Those guys at the funeral don't really look like the muggers.

Samhain

10-21-2011, 09:40 PM

Those guys at the funeral don't really look like the muggers.

Anyone can be a mugger. There really isn't a specific look to them, dude.

Shreddhead

10-21-2011, 10:18 PM

it was, what , over 15 years later or something like that? plenty of time to change their lives around

Xav

10-22-2011, 12:00 AM

Anyone can be a mugger. There really isn't a specific look to them, dude. Right but they don't really look like the same people.

Abnormal Freak

10-22-2011, 03:00 AM

The two sets of characters are modeled after Eastman and Laird, so the connection's there. Either way, it's all a joke of them being the same two dudes. :p

Candy Kappa

10-22-2011, 04:21 AM

very Kirby & Lee

DrSpengler

10-22-2011, 08:42 AM

BREAKING NEWS: Eastman and Laird no longer look like Eastman and Laird!

Film at 11.

Venom

10-22-2011, 10:15 AM

it was, what , over 15 years later or something like that? plenty of time to change their lives around

Right but they don't really look like the same people.

They've aged 15-20 years, of course they would look differennt. :)

Really though, it's just a cameo of the creators. :)

***First of Two Latin Kings***

10-22-2011, 10:23 AM

I think they also appeared as villains in the issue of Archie where Chameleon makes his second appearance, the issue where he is disguised as an Egyptian Sarcophagus on the cover. I know that one of the villains looked a lot like Eastman, anyway. More scans? :tgrin: